其 作 品 並 為 卡 內 基 藝 術 博 物 館（Carnegie Museum）、高等藝術博物館（High Museum of Art）、 赫 希 洪 博 物 館（Hirshhorn Museum）、 魯 貝 爾 美 術 館 （Rubell Collection）、波特蘭美術館（Portland Museum of Art）、 聖 安 東 尼 奧 美 術 館（San Antonio Museum of Art）等公共機構所收藏。2017 年伯恩哈特於聖路易當代 美術館（Contemporary Art Museum, St Louis）完成公共 藝術項目，長達 18 公尺的超級壁畫「XXL 超扁平鬆餅」 （XXL Superflat Pancake）。而近兩年受疫情影響，回 到密蘇里州的伯恩哈特，於歐美各地推出個人和策展型 聯合展覽，社群活動與展覽依然熱絡。
In her iconic look consisting of straight blonde hair with big
Brooklyn studio. The New Yorker once described Bernhardt's style
earrings, thick framed glasses, lilac lipstick and golden green
as "A gusty batch of neo-primitivism paintings inspired by Afro-
eyeshadows, the American artist Katherine Bernhardt described
Caribbean, African-American, and African culture." Bernhardt
her own unique style as "tropically futuristic hippie." She
was initially notable in the art community for her portraits of
intends to mix and match colors on canvas in the brightest and
exaggerated fashion models. Subsequently, she introduced the
craziest combinations. Her portrayal of Pink Panther, Garfield,
elements of African textiles and Dutch wax-prints into the creation,
and Mickey Mouse as slightly deformed, adorable, strange, and
increasingly vivid and bold colors. She transitioned to "pattern
candid characters have captivated the fashion and art industries.
paintings" in 2014, presenting pop culture graphics in sharply
The American art critic Jerry Saltz has nicknamed Bernhardt the
contrasting colors to the general public. Finally, 2021 was the
"female bad-boy" of contemporary art, whose creative concepts
year of harvest for Bernhardt － not only did she start an official
and styles are truly genuine and boundless.
collaboration with David Zwirner and jointly launch an autumn
Bernhardt was born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1975. After graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1998, she obtained a master's degree in arts from the School of Visual Arts, New York in 2000 before launching her art career from a
winter series with Heaven By Marc Jacobs, her original paintings also continued to rise in market popularity. In the global market, auction prices reached new record breaking highs with a single painting surpassing $200,000 USD.
▲▼ 藝術家海外展覽場景 Exhibition view of Katherine Bernhardt at Galerie Xavier Hufkens, Brussels. Installation view of Katherine Bernhardt Gold at Art Omi in Ghent, New York.
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